Comparison
Both track your Claude Code token usage and cost. The difference is scope: ccusage is a free, local, no-account CLI for your own spend on one machine. TokenMaxing is a local menu-bar app that also works without an account. Optional cloud features add persistent history, per-repo and per-developer attribution, a leaderboard, team rollups, and cost-enriched telemetry forwarding.
Full disclosure: TokenMaxing exists because we needed several Claude and Codex accounts tracked separately on one machine — and nothing did it.
Pick ccusage if
You want a free, open-source CLI to check your own Claude Code spend locally — no account, fully offline, data never leaves your machine.
Pick TokenMaxing if
You want a no-account local menu-bar view, with the option to track metadata over time, attribute it per repo, join a leaderboard, roll it up across a team, or forward cost-enriched OpenTelemetry.
The short answer
Choose TokenMaxing when you want a local menu-bar view with room to become shared engineering telemetry. Like ccusage, the local experience does not require an account, and raw logs never leave your machine. You can keep the ccusage terminal workflow and use TokenMaxing locally, then optionally sign in for persistent history, Codex usage, repository attribution, and a public profile.
The meaningful gap appears at team scale. TokenMaxing rolls usage and estimated cost up from repository → developer → team → organization, then forwards the enriched OTLP data to Datadog, Grafana, Honeycomb, or another compatible destination. A local reporting CLI alone cannot provide that centralized, cross-team view.
If you only need an offline terminal total, ccusage remains a great fit. If you prefer a local menu-bar app, or engineering and finance need optional attribution, trends, and cost telemetry in the team’s existing stack, install TokenMaxing or read what TokenMaxing does.
| Feature | ccusage | TokenMaxing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free, open-source | Free to start |
| Runs | Your terminal, one machine | Local menu-bar app + optional cloud |
| Setup | npx ccusage | Install the desktop app |
| Claude Code usage & cost | Yes | Yes |
| Codex support | No | Yes |
| Cost in USD | Yes | Yes |
| Per-repo attribution | No | Yes |
| Per-developer / multi-user | No | Yes |
| Multiple Claude / Codex accounts, one machine | Merged into one total | Tracked separately per account |
| Team & org rollups | No | Yes |
| Persistent history across machines | No | Yes |
| History survives local log cleanup | No | Yes |
| Leaderboard & badges | No | Yes |
| Shareable profile card | No | Yes |
| Cost-enriched OpenTelemetry forwarding | No | Yes |
| Works offline | Yes | Local view works offline |
| No account required | Yes | Yes |
| Raw logs stay 100% local | Yes | Yes |
| Cloud data | None | Usage metadata only, when enabled |
ccusage is an independent open-source project. Comparison reflects general capabilities and may change as both tools evolve.
Keep the history, not the files
Claude Code deletes session files older than 30 days by default to keep its local footprint under control. Other agent stores can also be rotated or cleaned according to their own settings.
TokenMaxing keeps the normalized usage metadata it has already synced, so your cost and adoption history remains available after the source files age out. Raw logs, prompts, transcripts, and source code still never leave the machine.
ccusage is a free, open-source command-line tool that reads your local Claude Code logs and prints token usage and estimated cost — daily, monthly, or per session — right in your terminal. It’s fast, private by default, and needs no account. It’s single-machine and single-user by design.
TokenMaxing tracks Claude Code and Codex usage and cost, attributes every token to a repository and a developer, and keeps a persistent history — including when you run multiple Claude or Codex accounts on one machine, each tracked as its own identity. Its local menu-bar view requires no account and keeps raw logs on the device. When users enable cloud features, only normalized usage metadata is synced. Individuals can join an opt-in leaderboard; teams get private, org-scoped spend visibility and cost-enriched OpenTelemetry forwarding.
Yes—especially if you need more than a local, single-user view. ccusage is an excellent free CLI for checking your own Claude Code usage on one machine. TokenMaxing also works locally without an account, then optionally adds persistent cloud history, Codex support, repository and developer attribution, team and organization rollups, and cost-enriched OpenTelemetry forwarding.
Yes. They are complementary for individual developers: keep ccusage for a quick terminal check and use TokenMaxing’s no-account local app for a menu-bar view. If you choose to sign in, TokenMaxing can also provide cloud history, sharing, team rollups, and enriched telemetry forwarding.
TokenMaxing includes its own local view that works without an account, but it is a menu-bar app rather than a terminal report. ccusage remains a strong choice for a CLI-first workflow. TokenMaxing adds optional cloud features when usage needs to persist across machines, be shared, or roll up across a team.
Yes. ccusage is open-source and runs locally via npx with no account.
It’s free to start, and the local desktop app does not require an account. Signing in is only needed for optional cloud features such as cross-machine history, a public handle, and team views.
No. Your raw Claude Code and Codex logs, prompts, transcripts, and source code stay on your machine. When cloud sync is enabled, TokenMaxing sends only normalized usage metadata such as token counts, model, timestamp, and repository attribution.
Claude Code deletes session files older than 30 days by default. Once TokenMaxing has synced their normalized usage metadata, that history remains available in your cloud dashboard even after the raw local files age out. TokenMaxing never needs to upload the raw logs to preserve the usage history.
Yes. TokenMaxing tracks both Claude Code and Codex token usage and cost. ccusage focuses on Claude Code.
Yes — this is a core TokenMaxing feature. Point the collector at each account’s config directory (say, a personal Claude and a work Claude) and every account is tracked as its own identity, with its own history and attribution. ccusage reads whatever local logs it finds but reports them as one merged total, with no per-account split.
Yes. TokenMaxing is OpenTelemetry-native and can forward OTLP into any OTLP-compatible observability stack, with estimated USD cost injected per token. A local CLI like ccusage doesn’t do this.
Only if you want it to be. Raw logs always remain local, synced usage metadata is private by default, and the global leaderboard is opt-in. Team dashboards are private by default.
Keep exploring
Keep the terminal check — then let TokenMaxing keep the history, the ranking, and the cost math. Free to start.